Project acronym: HELIUM3D

Project name: High Efficiency Laser Based Multi User Multi Modal 3D Display

Start date: January 2008

Duration: 3 years

Project Participants:

De Montfort University, UK

Philips Consumer Lifestyle, NL

Barco, BE

University College London, UK

Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, DE

Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

Koç University, TR

Nanjing University, CN

Priority: 7th Framework Programme, ICT-2007-1-3.2 Organic and large-area electronics, visualisation and display systems

Contract number: 215280

Total cost: €4,215,000

Total Effort: 30 person-years

Commission funding: €2,800,000

Contact: Ian Sexton

The Consortium

The HELIUM3D consortium consists of leaders in the fields of display technology, each with complementary roles:

• De Montfort University: Display design, construction, and project coordination.
  
  
• Philips Consumer Lifestyle: Commercial applications, interaction and human factors.
  
  
• Barco: Stereoscopic systems and professional applications.
  
  
• University College London: Optical design and simulation.
  
  
• Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut: Far-and near field viewer tracking and interaction.
  
  
• Eindhoven University of Technology: Human factors and interaction.
  
  
• Koç University: Optical design.
  
  
• Nanjing University: Near-field viewer tracking.